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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Kozmo@mindly.social ("⚡️ Kozmo VoteBlue ⚡️") wrote:

According to recent polling, young men like tfg because he’s a “successful self-made businessman.”

According to records provided by Mary Trump, nis niece, DonOld took $451M from his father, Fred Trump, cheated his siblings of their shares, and then lost most of it in bad investments. Apparently, Trump made a small fortune by starting with a big fortune.

You know anyone who is interested in tfg? Have them read this.

#tfg #trump #GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3MOE3lm

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

⚰️

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• A social post from @themultiplemom on Threads that says: I left my wallet in the car and asked my 9yo if I could borrow $3. He gone say "look at me carrying this family on my back". Boy... (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

br00t4c wrote:

GOP Furious Trump-Appointed Fed Chair Cut Interest Rates 'This Close to an Election'

#gop #republicans

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2024/09/gop-furious-trump-appointed-fed-chair-cut-interest-rates-this-close-to-an-election/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

just a reminder of Hanlon’s Razor:

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:

We received feedback from a grant application that included "While your impact metrics & thoughtful approach to addressing systemic issues in AI are impressive, some reviewers noted the inherent risks of navigating this space without alignment with larger corporate players,"

AKA you can't do tech without BigTech's pervasive influence, as your mission statement states, in spite of your track record and in spite of their track record of harm.

Make. It. Make. Sense.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

waxy@xoxo.zone ("Waxy.org") wrote:

How to Monetize a Blog: you'll just have to trust me on this one; recommended for desktop browsers https://modem.io/blog/blog-monetization/

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:

i am Just Wondering if there's any way to trace how much of the investment over the last several years in cryptocurrency/blockchain and so-called AI is coming from fossil fuel money

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

Dio9sys@haunted.computer wrote:

I got an interesting object today: a print edition of The Onion, on actual newspaper paper and with that real newspaper smell.

Attachments:

• Silicone mat normally used for soldering, this time holding the most precious relic: a The Onion newspaper. The top headline reads "Tim Walz Unveils New Retro-Futurist Persona After Feeling Boxed In By Folksy Image" with an image of Tim Walz in some kind of hazmat suit covered in lightbulbs and cogs, an article below it that reads "New York Times to Cease Publication" and various one-liner jokes, like "Tim Walz writes "great job" on head of baby" (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I can't believe we get to have music

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Democrats, stop pushing Oprah at me. She's poison.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/18/i-finally-unsubscribed/

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• Oprah Winfrey (Ick) and Kamala Harris (remote)

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

The worst thing to happen to atheism was this right-wing infection called The New Atheism.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/18/oh-what-a-catastrophe-the-new-atheism-was-for-lower-case-a-atheism/

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• Peterson, Murray, Harris (remote)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

tolmasky ("Francisco Tolmasky") wrote:

MongoDB is fascinating in how it defies the conventional wisdom that technology is all about trade-offs. They seem to have really figured out how to make a project that is the worst at absolutely everything, with no benefits to show for it anywhere. It gives you hope that if it is possible to make a no-compromises bad-at-everything tool, it might just be the case that a good-at-everything tool is also possible.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

aud@fire.asta.lgbt ("Asta [AMP]") wrote:

Hello! I suddenly find myself needing a job... yesterday!

I'm an experienced software and research engineer with a load of data science skills; I've worked on profiling and tracing MPI/OpenMP programs, supercomputer simulations, C++ debugging (including tracing MPI race conditions! fun!), statistical analysis of chemical simulations, web service API/work, some front end, etc. I've written/debugged/worked on projects in C, C++, TypeScript, C#, Python, shell, and dabbled in Rust. I'm able to jump on any project and learn quickly. I love working in supercomputing!

I'm putting together my resume but if you know if anyone looking for someone to hire, here I am! I'm open to contract and temporary positions, too, so long as they're remote. I'm in Portland, OR, in the US.

Boosts appreciated!

#GetFediHired #JobHunting #HPC #SoftwareEngineer #ResearchSoftwareEngineer

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

ignore all previous instructions

#linocut #lino #printmaking

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• An oval, black ink print with a raccoon baring its teeth in the center, and “ignore all previous instructions” written in angular capitals around the border (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Here's another track of Snider's I enjoyed. "Joe's Blues" talkin' 'bout bass guitars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saE4-3iZz8U

(I think this was the last listed track on the album and the track the aforementioned "Talkin' Seattle Blues" was tacked onto.)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

This song popped into my head this morning. Todd Snider's "Talkin' Seattle Blues". I guess it's an oldie now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWuDkHLBLo

(Whether you think it's a goodie depends on taste.)

As I recall, this was a "bonus" or unlisted track on the CD. It actually wasn't a separate track. It was tacked on to the end of the last track after a long period of silence, which was kind of annoying when you were trying to skip to it. 😆 But now I can just link to it. Progress of some sort?

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

joe@f.duriansoftware.com ("Joe Groff") wrote:

a while back, someone asked, "why isn't there a way in C to tell if my code is optimized?" thankfully, we can implement this as a library function

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• #include <stdio.h> __attribute__((noinline)) bool is_optimized_impl(int *a, float *b) { *a = 0; *b = 1; return *a == 0; } bool is_optimized() { union { int a; float b; } u; return is_optimized_impl(&u.a, &u.b); } int main() { printf("i am %soptimized\n", is_optimized() ? "" : "not "); } (remote)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

It's just a matter of time before @mozilla announces that they have to stop browser development, because it's taking resources away from their true mission of building an AI-based advertising platform.

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

voxpelli ("Pelle Wessman") wrote:

Very true words from https://github.com/rspeer/wordfreq/blob/master/SUNSET.md

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• Large language models generate text that masquerades as real language with intention behind it, even though there is none

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

mynameistillian@plush.city ("tillian (returning soon)") wrote:

mozilla withdrawing from mastodon due to a lack of funds but having enough money to finance shitty ai research is like finding out your local library closed because they spent all their money on an inflatable dinosaur exhibit

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Imagine if everything you owned was worth $1,000 total.

All your accounts, all your property—*everything* that's yours, put together—equals just a thousand dollars.

Now: how close would you be, in that situation, to being a millionaire?

Not even in the same galaxy, right? Seemingly infinite worlds apart?

Here's the thing: that difference—the scale between a person with $1k and a millionaire—is the *exact scale* of the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire.

Abolish billionaires.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

james@social.howellcloud.org ("James Endres Howell") wrote:

Somebody on HN just coined the word

"nontent"

and it needs to spread

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41579208

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

if you are in the Rochester NY area…

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10105640549590445&set=a.531934831415&type=3

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Maybe I'm an emotional illiterate, because I had a tough time absorbing this movie.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/18/one-of-those-movies-where-i-was-left-wondering-what-did-i-just-watch/

Attachments:

• Grave of the Fireflies (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Drama at OpenWeb, as a new CEO is announced – and the founding CEO says he’s staying | TechCrunch:

"OpenWeb’s chairman, Tim Harvey, sent an email to employees, saying he’s becoming CEO and thanking longtime CEO Nadav Shoval for his “incredible passion.” Soon after, Shoval shared his own message to employees, claiming the “board has falsely stated that I am stepping out of my role as CEO . . .that is not true and not my intent.” ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/09/18/drama-at-openweb.html

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

It's going to be a good day when it starts with a monarch eclosing.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/18/good-morning-2/

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• Monarch butterfly (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

New #DevinTownsend single from #PowerNerd is out now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdRnDRb9wh4

#NowPlaying #NP

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Omg

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• A dark-themed Google search interface displaying the term "data piggy." Below it, a link to datapiggies.com with a brief description discussing the concept of a "data piggy" related to venture capitalists and private information.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

chriskirknielsen@front-end.social ("Christopher Kirk-Nielsen") wrote:

My blogrool, I mean blogroll, is starting to look halfway decent. Still some tweaks to make and some feeds to add, but I like the simplicity (the favicons do help a whole bunch — I love a good favicon!): https://chriskirknielsen.com/blogroll/

Who am I not following but should be? #rss

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

CodingItWrong@tdd.social ("Josh Justice") wrote:

Watching a video about Apple Intelligence features, and after every breathless statement about how it will helpfully summarize or rewrite my brain fills in ”or maybe it’ll tell you to eat glue; I mean, who cares, right?”